Dated Circle of Friends (1995) co-star Saffron Burrows after divorcing his wife Hilary Lyon.
Hosted "Saturday Night Live" (1975) in February 2000 when the expected host, Jon Stewart, had to back out at the last minute.
Published his first novel called "Tommy's Tale". [2002 in USA and 2003 in Europe]
Graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with a B.A. and also won the Gordon Bottomley Award for direction, and an award for the speaking of Scots verse in 1985.
Was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award as Most Promising Newcomer for his performance in the production of "The Conquest of the South Pole" in 1988.
Won a Laurence Olivier Award for Comedy Performance of the Year for "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" in 1991.
Was nominated for an Lawrence Olivier award as the Best Film Actor and was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA award as Best Film Actor for his role in Prague (1992) in 1992.
He was nominated for the Richard Burton Award at the Shakespeare Globe Awards for his role as Hamlet in 1993.
Was nominated for an Olivier award in the category of Comedy Perfomance of the Year for "La Bete" in 1993.
Was nominated for an Lawrence Olivier award as Best Actor in a Musical category for "Cabaret" in 1994.
Won Best Actor at the Martini Rossi/TMA awards for "Hamlet" in 1994.
Won the Tony Drama desk award for his performance of the Emcee in "Cabaret" along with New York Free Press, Outer Critics Circle, Theater World and New York Public Advocate's awards.
Was inducted into the Vanity Fair Hall of Fame for his work in "Cabaret".
Named one of the 100 most creative people in the world in Entertainment Weekly in 1998.
Came at number 18 in one of the 50 most eligible bachelors of Scotland in 2000.
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